Just a hint, Priest of THE HOLLINESS, while it's possible
to insert a very, very long subject line, it isn't wise.
If you had made it "One of David's most beautiful prayers"
and stopped there you might have had a few readers...
=2E.. until they opened the message. Psalm 43 has 130 words
in the King James translation. Maybe a nice rule of thumb
is that a commentary on a scripture ought not be more than
10x the size of the passage. Just a thought. Your message
here stands at 50x.
On Feb 27, 3:43 am, "Priest of THE HOLLINESS" <johandra...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> One of David's most beautiful prayers is recorded in Psalm 43:3. "O send
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> thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy
holy=
> hill, and to thy tabernacles."
> This same earnest petition to understand God's Word should be in
the
> heart of every sincere seeker for truth.
Good thought.
BTW, Psalm 43 says nothing about God's word. It's a song
or prayer of consolation for a dejected person (David) but
compare 2 Nephi 4:15-35, where Nephi talks extensively on
the merits of the word of God.
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/4/15-35#13
This will demonstrate to you, I think, that Psalm 43 doesn't
mention it.
>... A willingness to learn and to obey
> must characterize all of those who expect to be enlightened by the Holy
> Spirit. To such, the beautiful promise of the beatitude will be
fulfilled.=
> "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for
they=
> shall be filled" (Matthew 5:6).
> But it does no good to pray for the truth if we have no intention
to
> obey it when God answers our prayer. One of the greatest favors God can
> bestow upon us is to give knowledge of His Word. And the most
presumptuous=
> thing anybody can do is to pray for an understanding of God's will and
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> refuse to obey, for any reason whatsoever, when the answer comes.
Great thoughts, PoTH! Can I call you PoTH?
> Many people are guilty of pulling the Bible down to match their
poor,=
> weak experi=ADence, instead of bringing their experience up to meet the
The hyphen tells us that you copied and pasted this
from somewhere.
> requirements of the Word. There is only one great decisive test of
truth,
> and that is the Bible.
How do you come to that conclusion?
>... Every religious thought, every book we read, and
> every sermon we hear should be measured by the infallible rule of the
> inspired Scriptures. It does not matter what we were taught as children,
The Bible itself denies that, Exodus 20:12
>... or
> what the majority is following,
Again, denied: Deut. 17:6, 19:15; Matt. 18:16
>... or what our emotions lead us to think or
> believe.
That's false doctrine. Prov. 1:7, Deut. 4:29, Acts 17:27,
Eph. 4:19, 1 Ne. 17:45, Alma 32:28, D&C 9:8. The Lord
speaks to all our senses, including our emotions. Joshua
2:11, Ps. 77:6, Proverbs 2:2, Ezra 7:10. We are not to
throw away the witness of our emotions!
Read the last section of 1 Kings 3. The woman's emotions
showed the absolute, pure truth of the matter.
>... Those factors are invalid as a test of absolute truth. The ultimate
> question must be answered: What does the Word of God say on the subject
Heb. 4:15 - you see, even the Lord's feelings give
him knowledge.
> Some people think that if they are sincere in what they believe,
God
> will accept them and save them. However, sincerity alone is not enough.
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e
> can be sincere, and be sincerely wrong.
Right, but lack of sincerity does not equate to being
right.
Wood
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